Creatine Question

[immrtlwun]

For those of you that take a creatine supplement, do you take it before or after you work out? I've tried both and didn't know if it made a difference. When I take it before I lift, my muscles feel more swollen during the workout. Is that normal? Thanks in advance.

 

[gottiwill]

I take it before. I seem to get more reps in..

 

[eldafar]

What brand? Any instructions with it?

 

[immrtlwun]

Its GNC brand Amplified Creatine 189. Its a hydrochloride formula as opposed to monohydrate and it just says to take two each day, no instructions on when. So I was trying to collect opinions from other creatine users.

 

[Quagmire911]

My recent reading has suggeted that anything other than monohydrate is about as useful as cow s***. Which sucks, because a few weeks before I bought some ethyl ester, luckily a small amount.

Maybe Omen can elaborate...

 

[LostAndConfused]

GO with cereatine mono hydrate.

The Ethyl Ester is proclaimed to "absorb better into your muscles than MH" but honestly, you wont notice a difference.

I have never heard about the Hydrochloride but you gotta take GNC with a grain of salt- It is of course the GENERAL nutrition center. Some of the stuff there won't help.

Myself I wouldnt go with creatine at all, as no studies have been done on it, but to each his own. It makes an undenyable difference but I have never felt the need to use it in my training.

 

[simon]

Myself I wouldnt go with creatine at all, as no studies have been done on it, but to each his own. It makes an undenyable difference but I have never felt the need to use it in my training.

There are plenty of studies proving creatine's efficacy. I don't know why you wouldn't use it if you admit you know it makes a difference; it's cheap as hell if you buy in bulk.

 

[Quiksilver]

It's a cell volumizer, so I'd take the bulk of the serving before...

If you're aiming for 2 scoops per workout day, then throw 1.5 scoops pre-workout, and 0.5 post workout.